Before we took the evening to staff a haunted house for the sweet lil' kids, I saw Nathan Fielder's "project" for A24 today. On the person at right.
Months and months ago, I wrote the below, right here -- about her.
". . .Actually, I suspect Billy is writing her replies.
And actually, I think they are going in for the Shkreli bad boy / online following / fascination thing. . . ."
And it is crystal clear -- even though she belaborers it greatly in this film -- that The New York Times reporter accurately portrayed the quotation she is so offended by now. Without giving away spoilers, I can only say that the contested quote came during an almost half hour long steadily-flowing conversation about the idea of creating "personas". . . as they walked on the beach.
I will probably have to think for quite a while longer before I post anything more on this A24 project -- it is one of the most deeply-layered profiles I have ever seen of a convicted felon. [And of the actress who'd portrayed her -- in at least one of the dramatic treatment movies about her.]
Moreover, I don't want to give away spoilers. I think everyone who's interested in US healthcare policy and anything touching securities fraud should watch this, from top to tail.
Then, at some future point in time (when most of America has seen it -- and it has been on cable for a few months), I will post what I think about it -- having read literally every single word of every court filing about both the civil, and the criminal trials and appeals.
I'll give away nothing by saying I am absolutely convinced that "for every garbage can there is a lid" -- and in this case, Billy Evans is the perfect garbage can. Or maybe he's the perfect lid. Either way -- they richly deserve each other.
Even though it runs over three hours in length -- do go see it.
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